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KOMO-TV, Washington State
Monday, August 01, 2005

Braille Art Allows Art Access To The Blind 

By John Sharify 

SEATTLE - When we go into a museum or an art gallery, we're told you can
look, but don't touch. 

So why was Erin Lauridsen running her fingers through the photographs on
the wall at Seattle's Francine Seders Gallery? 

It's because she's supposed to. 

The photo exhibit by artist Spike Mafford is for her and for all the
people who can't see. 

Erin has been blind since birth. 

"I definitely got the rain imagery," she says as she reads the Braille
on the photograph. 

She reads: "Clean is the taste of ocean salts. Cleaner is the rain, the
reel of tears that flood blue with pain." 

Spike Mafford enlisted talented writers to write a poem describing his
photographs. The exhibit is called "Braille". 

"There are 16 pieces total," Mafford says. He's pleased he can provide
access to the blind, but he says the show is also for the people who can
see. 

It's to open their eyes to Erin's world. 

The exhibit at the Francine Seders Gallery runs through Aug. 14. 

For More Information:

www.sedersgallery.com 


http://www.komotv.com/stories/38302.htm 


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